2008 Chicago White Sox
89 - 74
2007 / 2009 (Organization)
1st place in the AL Central
Home Record:
Away Record: 		54 - 28 (.659)
35 - 46 (.432)		 +8.4 wins
-0.9 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 811 / 813 ( -2 )
Allowed/Expected: 729 / 818 ( +89 )
Pyth Record: 90 - 73 (-1)
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Attendance: 2,500,648 Avg Att: 30,496 (1.00)
Att Rank: 5 / 14 Lg Avg: 30,459
       
Park Factor: 1.05    
HR Factor: 1.15 R/L HR: 1.17 / 1.11
Notes:
- Central Division Champions
- Defeated Minnesota Twins in the Tiebreaker
- Lost to Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS

Pitching

Filters
Role
Throws
#
R
H
K
1 John Danks*
SP
23.2
195.0
35.8
25.8
43.8
11.7
13.1
23.0
48.5
9.3
3.5
-1.1
-0.4
2.8
-2.2
-10.7
2 Matt Thornton*
RP
31.8
67.3
18.0
14.1
30.0
16.6
4.3
31.7
40.1
3.1
0.5
-23.8
20.0
-0.8
3 Bobby Jenks
RP
27.3
61.7
16.3
8.3
21.6
7.5
4.2
-3.2
4.9
4.3
1.2
12.9
43.1
-2.0
4 Mark Buehrle*
SP
29.3
218.7
16.2
16.6
24.4
-19.2
28.2
-15.7
39.1
5.6
3.5
-0.1
-0.4
53.0
96.9
8.0
5 Gavin Floyd
SP
25.4
206.3
9.1
-3.5
34.4
21.6
6.5
-3.8
8.9
-3.7
-0.9
-0.1
-0.4
5.7
-29.0
-25.6
6 Scott Linebrink
RP
31.9
46.3
6.0
2.0
18.1
3.8
7.2
8.5
22.5
-2.4
1.7
-2.0
-10.2
0.1
7 Mike MacDougal
RP
31.3
17.0
5.5
0.8
-5.0
2.8
-5.2
-1.2
-11.4
2.3
-1.3
-2.9
4.3
0.5
8 D.J. Carrasco
RP
31.2
38.7
4.7
3.8
7.8
8.1
-0.2
3.2
2.8
2.8
-3.5
-4.3
13.6
-0.6
9 Javier Vazquez
SP
31.9
208.3
4.3
20.6
25.2
0.3
16.7
49.8
82.0
1.8
2.2
-0.1
-0.4
-29.1
-31.1
2.1
10 Jose Contreras
SP
36.6
121.0
3.8
5.6
9.8
-4.4
10.5
-18.5
1.9
3.7
1.8
0.3
-0.2
34.6
47.5
-8.7
11 Octavio Dotel
RP
34.6
67.0
3.4
2.9
12.4
17.4
-3.9
43.4
35.7
-3.3
-2.3
-53.0
-21.6
-12.3
12 Adam Russell
RP
25.2
26.0
-0.3
3.7
-3.8
-1.6
0.3
2.0
2.6
2.6
-0.9
-0.1
-5.2
2.0
13 Esteban Loaiza
RP
36.5
3.0
-0.3
-0.7
1.4
0.1
1.1
-1.2
1.0
-0.6
0.1
1.8
-0.2
0.1
14 Nick Masset
RP
26.1
44.7
-1.2
1.1
-12.4
-6.1
-3.3
-2.4
-8.9
2.1
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
1.0
39.9
1.5
15 Lance Broadway
SW
24.9
14.0
-3.2
-3.6
-4.4
-4.1
0.7
-4.2
-2.7
-2.0
0.6
-0.0
-0.0
3.5
11.6
0.9
16 Horacio Ramirez*
RP
28.6
13.0
-3.8
-0.1
-12.9
-6.7
-1.7
-10.2
-13.6
2.2
0.7
11.3
-3.8
-0.4
17 Boone Logan*
RP
23.9
42.3
-7.7
1.2
-9.8
-9.6
3.2
8.7
14.8
-1.1
0.8
-5.7
4.5
0.9
18 Ehren Wassermann
RP
27.6
19.7
-8.1
0.3
-13.1
-2.7
-5.2
-8.1
-18.3
3.0
-0.1
5.9
-4.0
-1.1
19 Clayton Richard*
SP
24.8
47.7
-10.4
2.8
-4.0
-9.3
5.7
-7.4
3.7
1.5
2.0
-0.3
-0.1
16.6
25.3
-2.0
1457.7
88.3
101.6
163.4
26.2
82.1
94.4
253.7
31.1
9.6
-1.4
-1.7
28.4
199.5
-48.0

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